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Solar Dryers: Their Role in Post-Harvest Processing  
B Brenndorfer (Author), C Wereko-Brobby (Author), C O Oswin Bateman (Author), D S Trim (Author), G C Mrema (Author), L Kennedy (Author)

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Categories: Agricultural Strategies and Methods, Environmental Issues and Agriculture

ISBN No: 978-0-85092-282-0

Format: Paperback

Publication Date: 01-1987
Number of Pages: 298

Status: In stock

Price: £ 7.50    [Currency converter]  


Description

This publication is an introduction to the basic theories of solar drying and outlines the principal operating features of the main solar dryer designs, including a detailed description of the three most common dryer types. It provides guidelines on experimental methodology and the techo-economic evaluation, development, and extension of solar dryer technologies. Case studies are presented on drying theory, dryer design and economic analysis for selected end-uses.

Contents

 

Foreword

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1. Introduction

2. Evaluation of Solar Drying Potential

3. Pre-drying Processing Operations

4. The Mechanisms of Drying

5. Solar Radiation

6. Solar Collections

7. Solar Dryer Classification

8. Direct Dryers Employing Natural Convection with Combined Collector and Drying Chamber

9. Direct Dryers Employing Natural Convection with Separate Collector and Drying Chamber

10. Indirect Dryers Employing Forced Convection with Separate Collector and Drying Chamber

11. Hybrid Dryers

12. Ancillary Equipment and Recent Developments

13. Quality Changes during Drying

14. Quality Assessment

15. Packaging and Storage of Dried Foodstuffs

16. Dryer Selection and Design

17. Experimental Methodology

18. From Theory into Practice

19. Economics

20. Extension of Solar Crop Drying Technology

 

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Index